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Re: Bash shell extension ?
Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> Donald MacVicar wrote:
>
>> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>
>>> Sam Edge wrote:
>>>
>>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\BashHere]
>>>> @="&Bash Prompt Here"
>>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\BashHere\command]
>>>> @="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe -c \"cd '%1' ; exec /bin/bash\""
>>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\BashHere]
>>>> @="&Bash Prompt Here"
>>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\BashHere\command]
>>>> @="c:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe -c \"cd '%1' ; exec /bin/bash\""
>>>
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>>>
>>> Personally I'm fond of "Bash this!" instead of "Bash Prompt Here" :-) !
>>>
>>> Also, the above does not handle the issue of the user's startup
>>> scripts. Here's what I have:
>>>
>>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\BashHere]
>>> @="B&ash this!"
>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\BashHere\command]
>>> @="rxvt -e bash -c \"cd '%1';exec bash -rcfile ~/.bash_login\""
>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\BashHere]
>>> @="B&ash this!"
>>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\BashHere\command]
>>> @="rxvt -e bash -c \"cd '%1';exec bash -rcfile ~/.bash_login\""
>>>
>>> Note if you do not wish to use rxvt then simply remove the "rxvt -e
>>> " portion. This also makes the assumption that Cygwin's bin is in
>>> your Windows System Environment variable PATH (which is should be,
>>> especially if you use inetd) and that you've appropriately named
>>> your bash startup stuff .bash
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>> surely you could just have @="rxvt -ls -e bash -c \"cd '%1'; exec
>> bash --login\"" and then all the startup scripts would be run properly?
>
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> Nope! Because --login runs /etc/profile and /etc/profile cd's to $HOME!
Realised that about 10 secs after I sent the mail.
how about put the --login on the first bash - i.e. txvt -ls -e bash
--login -c ......
Just tried that and it seems to wok.
Donald.
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